Tazman1602
11-14-2009, 10:14 PM
Hey Guys,
OK, don't laugh too hard now. I've cast pistol bullets for a while and this forum has gotten me back to casting big time with all the good instructions here. Years ago I was casting for .30 cal and had very good luck ---- I remember that much.
SOO, having picked an old Winchester 30-30 out of the safe I cast up about 2-300 nice 173 grain flat nose for it. I use gas checks for hunting with this because I push them up compared to paper punching.
Anyway was seating GC's, sizing, and lubing, sizer felt a little "funny" on the upstroke but ah heck, that's just the GC...un huh, shoulda stopped and checked but NOOOOO, just kept right on shoving them through. Then when I went through the batch at least half of the GC's didn't seat right or were dented and not seated all the way..............then I looked over on my reloading bench and doggone, I had a Lyman Gas Check seating tool I wonder what.....ARRGGGGGHH! I don't have issues seating pistol GC's or my big .458's at the same time as sizing/lube but .30 cal I do for some reason and had in the past as I NOW remember. Tried the GC seater on some extras I had and they seated perfectly so half my perfect bullets went back in the "lets melt 'em down and try again" pile.
I can't remember whether I should seat the gas check and then lube (makes sense, the bullets have already been through the sizer once before I heat treat them...) or whether I should lube and then seat the GC.
Opinions? Please?
Many Thanks,
Art
OK, don't laugh too hard now. I've cast pistol bullets for a while and this forum has gotten me back to casting big time with all the good instructions here. Years ago I was casting for .30 cal and had very good luck ---- I remember that much.
SOO, having picked an old Winchester 30-30 out of the safe I cast up about 2-300 nice 173 grain flat nose for it. I use gas checks for hunting with this because I push them up compared to paper punching.
Anyway was seating GC's, sizing, and lubing, sizer felt a little "funny" on the upstroke but ah heck, that's just the GC...un huh, shoulda stopped and checked but NOOOOO, just kept right on shoving them through. Then when I went through the batch at least half of the GC's didn't seat right or were dented and not seated all the way..............then I looked over on my reloading bench and doggone, I had a Lyman Gas Check seating tool I wonder what.....ARRGGGGGHH! I don't have issues seating pistol GC's or my big .458's at the same time as sizing/lube but .30 cal I do for some reason and had in the past as I NOW remember. Tried the GC seater on some extras I had and they seated perfectly so half my perfect bullets went back in the "lets melt 'em down and try again" pile.
I can't remember whether I should seat the gas check and then lube (makes sense, the bullets have already been through the sizer once before I heat treat them...) or whether I should lube and then seat the GC.
Opinions? Please?
Many Thanks,
Art